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Contention on client on mutex BufDescCacheObjMutex when multiple local processes access same file

When Running DIII-D tests (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIII-D_(tokamak) ) on Spectrum Scale we see when adding more clients contention on the refered mutex. Details on https://jazz07.rchland.ibm.com:21443/jazz/web/projects/GPFS#action=com.ibm.te...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Delivered

Multi-socket TCPIP for gpfs clients

Customer has asked that we change the way GPFS clients connect to the server. Instead of single single stream to a single socket they would like to multi-stream TCPIP for gpfs clients, so they wouldn't be limited to a single socket (and in turn, l...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

SVC Encryption

SVC should encrypt the data written to the backend and is possible also data mirrored between SVCs
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Increase number of Vdisks

Eg. 32.000 Volumes/Vdisks per SVC cluster
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

IMPORT an EXPORT on TAPE

In some cases, customers need to keep client nodes as they were on a monthly, or yearly basis.To meet this requirement, we use the EXPORT NODE command :EXPORT NODE node1,node2,…nodeXWhen access to exported data is requested, we use the IMPORT NODE...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Delivered

Move GUI suggested task pop-ups to another location

With the availability of code stream 8.2.1.x in the GUI suggested tasks have been introduced which are visible in the main GUI. (clipboard icon). But each time a storage admin logins the GUI these items are also visible as a sliding pop-up at the ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Warn user of active Flashcopy before shutting down I/O group

During a maintenance of a back plane replacement on I/O group 1, all volumes were moved to I/O group 0, caching I/O group was moved to I/O group 0. But FCmap remained on I/O group 1. This brought down source and target volumes with FCmaps. Expecta...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Increment RPM Release Number for ifix/efix RPM Releases

Increment RPM release number for ifix/efix RPM releases so they're differentiated by "rpm" and "yum", and thus not require the use of "yum reinstall" or "rpm --force -U" to install. Properly incremented release numbers will allow for a normal upgr...
about 9 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Delivered

Expand Volume size of a Global Mirror primary

I'd like to be able to expand the volume size of a Global Mirror primary without having to: 1) Delete the relationship.2) Increase the size of all the volumes. All volumes in a relationship must have the exact same size (virtual capacity).3) Re-cr...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Increase number of compressed volumes in an I/O group to beyond 200

Real-time Compression delivers great value to Storwize V7000 and SVC products. <br /><br />Currently the number of compressed volume copies is limited to 200 per I/O group. This limitation imposes challenges in the field with user...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

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